"Knights of Honor"

I completed the first map – it’s awesome!
I don’t know what kind of “heroic” monsters are gathered here, but I personally reloaded about 30 times. And I’m 99% sure that it’s impossible to complete this map without reloading!!!
For example: at the end of the first month, a computer-controlled hero came to me with a spellbook of air magic and boots. To defeat him, I had to pretend to be a weakling. So, that dog ran away a couple of times. And at the beginning of the second month, a second computer-controlled hero came with “angel wings” and gloves. And how can you play without reloading? I moved away from the castle by 1.5 turns – that’s it, game over – you can’t fight your way back!
My first hero in the entire game didn’t go further than the hideout with the crusaders. And in general, for the first month and a half, the main hero hung around near his city and leveled up (or was leveled up) by various wandering friends. He was only able to leave the green border after the computer-controlled hero brought him all the artifacts. But after that, in just two weeks, everyone was defeated, and I didn’t even know the map well, and I still don’t know it completely.
If anyone is interested, here are the results:
Time: 66 days. Total score: 436 (If you replay the ending a bit, you can realistically finish a week earlier. Personally, I went to loot hideouts and gather troops in the city before the victory)

I didn’t know the map, so I used the hideout with archangels only 3 or 4 times.
In general, it’s a cool map. You can’t just sit around and pick your nose. (at the beginning, of course :))

Those who have completed it and don’t mind writing a few lines – share your experience.